This UNESCO Associated Schools Project launched in 2009, is designed to promote Education for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific region by encouraging teachers to develop and share sound educational practices and methods so that they can contribute to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. The project is jointly organized by Korean National Commission for UNESCO (KNCU), UNESCO Associated Schools (ASPnet) and sponsored by UNDP and the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology of Korea. KNCU has selected nine winners of the 2009 ESD/MDG Good Practices.

Ms. Sufiya DEKHKANOVA, Specialized school No.1, Uzbekistan, Creating an Oasis in the Desert

KNCU has just held the Asia-Pacific ASPnet Forum on ESD & MDGs on 24 – 27 October 2009 in Korea.The forum aims to serve as a venue to share and evaluate selected good practices and explore the feasibility of appropriate modification and application of individual cases in the context of different countries in the Asia-Pacific region. In addition, it is hoped that participants including ASPnet national coordinators in the region, can develop inter-regional ASPnet partnership projects to promote ESD in the region.